diff --git a/client/mass/test/nav.integration.spec.js b/client/mass/test/nav.integration.spec.js
index d7dcc1472d..9c556037d1 100644
--- a/client/mass/test/nav.integration.spec.js
+++ b/client/mass/test/nav.integration.spec.js
@@ -61,82 +61,6 @@ tape('default hidden tabs, no filter', function (test) {
 	}
 })
 
-tape('chart buttons', function (test) {
-	test.timeoutAfter(3000)
-	runpp({
-		state: {
-			activeCohort: 0,
-			nav: {
-				header_mode: 'with_tabs'
-			}
-		},
-		nav: {
-			callbacks: {
-				'postRender.test': runTests
-			}
-		}
-	})
-	async function runTests(nav) {
-		for (const btn of nav.Inner.components.charts.Inner.dom.btns._groups[0]) {
-			// btn is native dom element, not d3-wrapped
-			if (btn.style.display == 'none') {
-				// hidden button means the chart is not supported in termdbtest
-				continue
-			}
-			/* chart button is visible
-			evaluate what happens after clicking it, based on the innerHTML of each button;
-			if a chart name is customized in termdbtest, the test must be updated here
-
-			must not trigger click before all if(), this will cause all previous temporary menu items to disappear
-			*/
-			switch (btn.innerHTML) {
-				case 'Data Dictionary':
-					btn.dispatchEvent(new Event('click'))
-					await detectOne({
-						elem: nav.Inner.app.Inner.dom.plotDiv.node(),
-						selector: '[data-testid=sjpp-massplot-sandbox-dictionary]'
-					})
-					test.pass('found sandbox after clicking chart button: ' + btn.innerHTML)
-					break
-				case 'Sample View':
-					btn.dispatchEvent(new Event('click'))
-					await detectOne({
-						elem: nav.Inner.app.Inner.dom.plotDiv.node(),
-						selector: '[data-testid=sjpp-massplot-sandbox-sampleView]'
-					})
-					test.pass('found sandbox after clicking chart button: ' + btn.innerHTML)
-					break
-				case 'Data Download':
-					btn.dispatchEvent(new Event('click'))
-					await detectOne({
-						elem: nav.Inner.app.Inner.dom.plotDiv.node(),
-						selector: '[data-testid=sjpp-massplot-sandbox-dataDownload]'
-					})
-					test.pass('found sandbox after clicking chart button: ' + btn.innerHTML)
-					break
-				case 'Summary Plots':
-				case 'Scatter Plot':
-				case 'Cumulative Incidence':
-				case 'Survival':
-				case 'Regression Analysis':
-				case 'Sample Matrix':
-				case 'Genome Browser':
-				case 'Facet Table':
-				case 'Gene Expression':
-					btn.dispatchEvent(new Event('click'))
-					await whenVisible(nav.Inner.components.charts.Inner.dom.tip.d.node())
-					test.pass('charts.dom.tip is shown after clicking chart button: ' + btn.innerHTML)
-					nav.Inner.components.charts.Inner.dom.tip.hide()
-					break
-				default:
-					test.fail('TODO: need test cover for chart button', btn.innerHTML)
-			}
-		}
-		if (test._ok) nav.Inner.app.destroy()
-		test.end()
-	}
-})
-
 tape('filter subheader and tab', function (test) {
 	test.timeoutAfter(3000)
 	runpp({